#pasque flower

Снежная парочка. Фотограф Евгения Левина . Россия (г. Нерюнгри (Якутия)). A snowy couple. Photographer Evgeniya Levina . Russia (Neryungri (Yakutia)).

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"Man's attitude toward nature is today critically important simply because we have now acquired a fateful power to alter and destroy nature. But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself? [We are] challenged as mankind has never been challenged before to prove our maturity and our mastery, not of nature, but of ourselves."

Plant of the Day

Sunday 3 March 2024

The Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Alba' (Pasque flower) is flowering with bell-shaped white flowers which will be followed by fluffy seedheads.

Another day, I can't tell if I'm sun-burnt or sun-kissed. Talking to strangers, pulling weeds out of the grass like lice out of someone else's hair.

In the land of boom or bust, yesterday's rain was a blessing. The morning ground damp and supple, perfect for shovels or a manicure of dirt underneath your nails.

Splinters. Chicken wire scratches. Cracked leather boots holding on for one more season.

Under the pageantry of fruit trees, most of my friends are still sleeping. Small specks and shoots of green that go unnoticed, trampled on. At least until their generosity gets too big to ignore.

There's no shade on the prairie. And we're all just waiting for the magnificent burn of the sun's kiss.

“Frosty bell(e)”

“Pasque flower on a frosty morning.”

by Sigi Zang